Fertility in Jamaica (1950–2100)

Jamaica
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Jamaica is projected at 1.33 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (69 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 31,322 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.33
Births
31,322
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,833,404
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.40.2%36
15-1935.113.1%3,634
20-2469.325.9%7,777
25-2964.023.9%7,671
30-3447.817.9%6,263
35-3937.013.8%4,394
40-4413.14.9%1,465
45-490.80.3%82
50-540.00.0%0